Know where the drainage pipes go in the bathroom?
How many cabinets and appliances are you planning to have?
Do you have measurements of the large room?
The easiest is likely to have the sink and any dishwasher against the wall to the bathroom.
In addition to water and sewage, you will likely need additional electrical outlets in the new kitchen.
Remember to buy quiet appliances.
Check with the housing association board if it's okay to renovate as you planned, they need to approve your renovation.
Two rooms with a kitchenette you might possibly call it. Whether the terms are legally defined in any way I don't know, but I assume that most people expect three separate spaces if it is to be called two rooms and a kitchen.
1. No one will call it a 2-room apartment with a kitchen.
2. Moving the kitchen in a BRF will likely cause you significant troubles. What's below your apartment? Sewage and other things like ventilation will be issues.
Did exactly the same in an apartment similar to yours, about ten years ago.
When my then-partner later sold the place, the realtor couldn't in good conscience call it a one-bedroom with a kitchen But the buyers didn't seem to care that much anyway. If the designation of two rooms and a kitchen is important to you, you might have to put up an inner wall in the living room to separate the kitchen.
There wasn't much resistance from the association about moving the kitchen, though. We routed the plumbing via (and through) the wall and built it in so that it became a long shelf along one wall. However, it looks difficult with your layout. It would have made things much easier if we had been allowed to route the plumbing to the bathroom, but that wasn't approved.
It will definitely be a two-bedroom if you convert the kitchen into a bedroom, then the realtor would probably call it something like "Two-bedroom with open floor plan between kitchen and living room." But expect it to be a major renovation; you'll need to gut more or less the entire apartment, in the worst case including the bathroom.
If the apartment is well-located (like within a suburb close to Stockholm or better), my guess is that you can justify it without major problems.
It will definitely be considered a two-room apartment if you make the kitchen into a bedroom, then the real estate agent would probably call it something like "Two-room apartment with open floor plan between kitchen and living room". But expect it to be a major renovation, you will need to gut more or less the entire apartment, in the worst case, even the bathroom.
If the apartment is well located (like within a nearby suburb to Stockholm or better), I guess you can count on it adding value without major problems.
That's exactly how I remember the real estate agent putting it. And those who came to the viewing probably couldn't have cared less if it was a two-room apartment with a kitchen or an apartment with two rooms and a kitchen in the large living room
In contrast to the writer above, I can say that it wasn't much work at all. We didn't gut a thing and the price tag ended up being around 80k including appliances. We installed the cabinets, ran the pipes externally, and then encased them up to chest height where we installed a narrow walnut shelf. Hard to explain, but it turned out very nice.
But for the next buyer, the kitchen probably cost five times that amount. However, this is in central Malmö.
My dad lived in a similar apt, i.e., one bedroom and a shared kitchen/living room (small).. called a small two-bedroom by the rental company. But what they are actually called is irrelevant, everyone knows what they are looking for and cares less about what both agents and rental companies call it If you like the apt, you take it (buy it) end of story..
I wouldn't think it becomes worth more money by calling it something special (unfortunately), just make sure the renovation is done well, and it should turn out fine in the end..
PS - Remember to check carefully with the housing cooperative before you start.. sometimes they have such strange rules and requirements!
Best regards, Sandra
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But the buyers didn't seem to care that much anyway. If the designation of two rooms and a kitchen is important to you, you might have to put up an inner wall in the living room to separate the kitchen.
